linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 6/7] i2c: of: mark a whole array of regs as reserved

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Message-ID: <5bcda563-cbb6-c615-58fb-1f0fe9ed4c9d@lucaceresoli.net>
Date:   Fri, 28 Feb 2020 13:11:51 +0100
From:   Luca Ceresoli <luca@...aceresoli.net>
To:     Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>,
        linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-i3c@...ts.infradead.org,
        Kieran Bingham <kieran@...uared.org.uk>,
        Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund@...natech.se>,
        Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@...ndi.org>,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Vladimir Zapolskiy <vz@...ia.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 6/7] i2c: of: mark a whole array of regs as reserved

Hi,

On 20/02/20 18:24, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> Back then, 'reg' properties in I2C DT bindings only contained one
> address and this address was assigned a device and, thus, blocked.
> Meanwhile, chips using multiple addresses are common and the 'reg'
> property can be an array described by 'reg-names'. This code enhances
> I2C DT parsing, so it will reserve all addresses described in an array.
> They will be bound to the 'dummy' driver as 'reserved' iff the first
> address can be assigned successfully. If that is not the case, the array
> is not further considered. If one later address of the array can not be
> assigned, it will be reported but we don't bail out. The driver has to
> decide if that address is critical or not.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>

Reviewed-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca@...aceresoli.net>

-- 
Luca